Modern and Contemporary Art
Live Virtual Auction, 28 March 2023
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 300 000 - 400 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 289 968
About this Item
South African 1911-1975
Cracked Head
oil on board
41 by 28cm excluding frame; 62,5 by 49,5 by 2,5cm including frame
Notes
The present lot is accompanied by the book Christi Truter (1947) Alexis Preller South African Artists, Pretoria: Maroola Press.
‘These are notes for the portrait. Not a study but a guide. We do not require accurate drawing because we do not want the shape of his skull or his face. It is the shape of the mind and endeavour that we want. These are more Important.’ —Alexis Preller, 1974.
Provenance
Bernardi's, Pretoria, 28 November 2016, lot 235.
Literature
Christi Truter (1947) Alexis Preller South African Artists, Pretoria: Maroola Press, figure 12, unpaginated.
Other lots that might interest you
Maggie Laubser
Cape Dutch House with Trees
ZAR 180 000 - 240 000
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef
Waterval (Waterfall)
ZAR 300 000 - 500 000
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef
Highveld Landscape
ZAR 5 000 000 - 7 000 000
Pieter Wenning
Laantjie Nuweland
ZAR 180 000 - 240 000
Pieter Wenning
Lourenço Marques
ZAR 250 000 - 350 000
Maggie Laubser
Bird with Tomatoes
ZAR 400 000 - 600 000
